Portable railway-crossing.



C. H. BAILEY. PORTABLE RAILWAY CROSSING.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 16., 1914.

Patented Mar. 9,1915.

@@QQ Q@ l citizen ofthe United 1\ 1 ES H. BAILEY, OF IRVING, ELENQIS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,

CHARLES H. BAILEY, a States of America, residing at Irving, in the county of Montgomery and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Railway-Crossings, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinve tion relates to. railway crossings and, more particularl in intended for the use of pedestrians. hel objects of the invention are: to provide a crossing of simple, cheap, and durable construction; to provlde a crossing which may be assembled at the work shopsA and easily transported. tothe desired points and l `quickly put m place.

. crossing.

With these and such other objects in View,

as may hereinafter more fully appear, my invention consists in the novel arrangement and construction of parts set forth in the following description, more particularly pointed out in the claims, and 'which are shown in the accompanying drawings,

wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view `of a sectionof railway track with my crossing in place thereon. Fig. 2 is a tr tional view of the same. Fig. 3 isa prospectiveI view of a section of the crossing.. b

broken sectional view v- Fig. 4 is a detail taken on the line 4 4 ofFig. 3.

Referring to said drawings by numerals: Longitudinal side members, of any suitable material, but preferablyl of metal, are provided with end extensions 1 suitably apertured, as at 2, for the reception of nails or spikes 3, forthe purpose of securing the same to the ties 4. These side members are formed with the upright portions 6, to form sides of the frame, and a lower inturned portion 7, adapted to form a'base for the rlhe upper angularly disposed edges 8 of said side members areadapted to overlie the 'upper surface of the material of said crossing and form Aa guard for the edges thereof. gled end pieces 9 are Specication of Letters Patent.

, to a track level crosswork ansverse verticalsectransversely disposed between the side pieces and are secured to the thus formed is placed cement 10 or other suitable mateiral to form a crossing The sections ofv the crossing positioned on the outside of the rails, are made sloping as shown-most clearly in F ig. 2, and the retain? ing frame is preferably'kformed of one sheet of metal 11 bent to a taining the cement 10.

As will be readily understood, the frame may be assembled and the cement lilling placed therein at any convenient place and the sections ofthe vcrossing taken-to the desired points and when needed.

Having described my invention, what ll claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: l

l. In a portable railway crossing, angular side members, ,angular end members secured transversely of said side members, a cement ller retained bysaid side and end members, and means for securing said crossing to the ties.

2. ln a portable railway crossing, a frame comprising, angular side members, an angularly disposed upper edge on said side memers, angular end members secured transversely of said side members, and a cement filler within said frame. f v

3. In a portable railway crossing, a frame comprising, side members, inwardly projecting angularly disposed base portions on said side members, angular-ly disposed edge protecting portions .on the upper edge of said side members, end retaining members secured transversely ofsaid-side members, a

oementiiller within said frame, and means I nner N. Caminar, Gli?. Keim?. f

Patented Mar. 9,1915. Application filed July 16, 1914. Serial No. 851,325.

suitable form for rep quickly put in place,

portion 7 thereof by means of rivets 5. Within the frame work 

